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E 134 Road, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Fluorite
E 134 Road, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Photo: A. Michalsen
E 134, Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norge

Minerals found 1995-1997 during the construction of a new 16 km long alignment of the E 134 highway going from Bangløkka in Drammen to Mjøndalen in Nedre Eiker. Many miarolitic cavities were found within the Drammens granite and also some fluorite in fluorite veins in Rhombic porphyry lava.


Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
'Allanite'
Anatase
Andradite
'Apatite'
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Bavenite
Biotite
Brookite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Dickite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
Goethite
Helvite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Laumontite
Magnetite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Prehnite
Pyrite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Smoky Quartz
Scheelite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Wulfenite
Zircon
Zussmanite ?


47 entries listed. 35 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Nordli, Ø. (1997): Ny E 134 Drammen- Nedre Eiker. Mineraler fra veiutbyggingen. STEIN 24 (3), 116-121
- Nordrum, F.S. (2000). Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1997-1998. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 14:55-58
- Nordrum, F.S. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 20: 78-83

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